Meet the Furries and Fans at 2012′s Most Unconventional Convention

My first genre convention — and certainly the most far-flung — was the second and finalMystery Science Theater 3000 ConventioCon Expo Fest-A-Rama in Minneapolis in 1996. I give conventions a wide berth these days, because — aside from the fact that I love few things as much as I love Mystery Science Theater 3000 – others I’ve attended have left a bad taste in my mouth. This malaise is perfectly summed up in Red Letter Media’s video recap of the 2011 Chicago Comic Con.
But I’d been looking forward to Further Confusion, the annual furry convention in San Jose. I got to attend as a media rep, I found some really cool stuff, and I got to try on a full fursuit for the first time.

​That the convention’s media director Chairo (read my interview with him here) invited my girlfriend Marta and me to attend as media for the Exhibitionist made it all the more awesome. Gods know we were given the best lanyard-badges EVAR.

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Markos Sinister is a Furry Web Developer. His Fursona is a Dark Gray Were Wolf with blue eyes, dark browish/black hair with a white pentacle in his chest fur. He is most often seen wearing Victorian style clothing such as a waistcoat, cravat, and frock coat often with "Steampunk" adventuring gadgets.

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